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Tide and Downy: Lifting up Laundry (Giveaway)

Five years ago today, I sat in a hotel room in Shreveport, Louisiana awaiting the fate on my City while Hurricane Katrina unleashed her wrath.  We packed for a typical three day Hurricane evacuation (or “Hurrication” as we loving joke), but had no clue that those clothes would have to last us over three weeks.

Watching the news was painful as we learned of the water pouring into our City and homes.  But out of the dark, always comes a light, right (at least Gloria Estefan always said so)?  One of the great things that happened to New Orleans post Katrina was the overwhelming sense of volunteerism.  One of the companies that darted to the South to help out was Tide.  Creating the Tide Loads of Hope program was a true blessing to the citizens of New Orleans.  A truck housing 30 washers and dryers and staffed with volunteers to wash your clothes for FREE was refreshing!

We were in the third row!!

Tide is celebrating five years of their Loads of Hope program which has now washed over 36,000 loads of clothes across the Country.  To commemorate the milestone, Tide put together a fabulous FREE concert with Faith Hill and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band for the residents of the Gulf Coast.  I had such a blast letting go of the stress of the week and dancing along with Faith and my friends!

I have been fortunate to enough to visit the P&G Headquarters in Cincinnati and see first hand what a great group of people work at Tide.  I got to venture into the labs (which was totally up my alley) to see what the brand has been working on.  Upon viewing the Tide with Acti-Lift demonstration, I could not wait to share it with my readers.  If you have little ones at daycare like I do, you know that just about every outfit comes home with stains and some are nearly impossible to release.  Tide with Acti-Lift can break up even dried on stains and lift them away from your clothes.  Honestly, I have never seen anything like it!

Another great P&G product is the new Ultra Downy April Fresh!  Don’t you just love the way clean sheets make you feel?  Do you feel like you sleep better on fresh sheets?  Now you can have that feeling all week long!  The new Ultra Downy April Fresh stays smelling and feeling fresh for seven…yes, SEVEN….whole days with the Renewing Scent Pearl Technology!  I have had the opportunity to try this fabric softener after I received a sample at BlogHer 2010, and I can say that my sheets did feel clean longer than with my traditional softener.

GIVEAWAY

Instead of reliving the horrible events of Hurricane Katrina five years ago, I have tried to remain focused on the positive.  And thanks to Tide and Downy, I get to share this sense of renewal with one of my lucky readers!  One of you will win and ENTIRE YEAR of both Tide with Acti-Lift and Ultra Downy (12 coupons for FREE Tide and 12 coupons for FREE Downy)!!

How to enter:

1. Visit Tide and tell me another product you would love to try!

Additional entries

1. Blog about this giveaway and link to Experimental Mommy and Tide (10 extra entries).

2. Follow me (@BridgetteLA) and @Tide on Twitter and Tweet this giveaway. Every time you tweet you get an additional entry! Unlimited! (You must have over 50 Twitter followers to qualify for unlimited entries!)

3. Subscribe to my blog.

4. Become a Fan of The Not-So-Blog and Tide on Facebook.

5. Place my button on your sidebar!

Contest ends at 11:59pm CST on September 20th.  Prizes not claimed in 72 hours will be forfeited. Open to U.S. Residents only.

This review is the opinion of The Experimental Mommy. Other may have a different experience with the product. Thank you to Tide and Downy for supplying a product for review.  All opinions remain 100% mine.

1,850 thoughts on “Tide and Downy: Lifting up Laundry (Giveaway)”

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  2. would love to try the washing machine cleaner- it really needs it right now and have not seen them in our store

  3. I “Like”d The Not-So-Blog and Tide on Facebook (does that make you a fan, if not please disregard this entry), I left comments on both of your walls today.
    Lauralee Hensley
    lfhpueblo at msn dot com

  4. I would love to try the Tide Washing Machine Cleaner. I have been using Tide all of my life, and this is the first I’ve heard of their washing machine cleaner.

  5. I would love to try the Tide Stain Release…with 8 children and a husband, that sure would come in handy!

  6. I would like to try the scented lint roller (we use most of the other products already), didn’t even know they made one! This is an awesome giveaway!!! Thank you!

  7. I use Tide products daily. I would like to try their instant stain remover, I just cut out a coupon for it this morning

  8. I am following you and Tide on Twitter and have tweeted about the giveaway @http://twitter.com/bitsybitsybitsy/status/22448490780.

  9. My husband’s work clothes get pretty smelly, so I’d like to try Tide with Febreeze. Thanks for the chance to win the detergent and softener!

  10. I’d love to try the Tide Stain release tablets..I LOVE Tide products!

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    ajoebloe(at)gmail(dot)com

  11. main entry: I did not know until just now when visiting the Tide site that they made & offer Tide Washing Machine Cleaner to consumers, I will be looking & buying this item this week for our machine to help reduce washer smells, thanks you
    sewitupjulie at gmail dot com

  12. I’m a Fan of The Not-So-Blog and Tide on Facebook as julie cutshaw
    sewitupjulie at gmail dot com

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  14. I would like to try Tide To Go. Every other day I’m flicking somethin on myself and need a product like this.

  15. i would like the swash products. i have never heard of them. Procter gamble use to have a spray like Febreeze that smelled way better and was cheaper. i really miss that product
    jmajor4870(at)aol(dot)com

  16. The washing machine cleaner, which I was not aware existed, would be great since ours is in the basement and can start to smell.

  17. I’d love to try Tide Stain Release because my husband can’t eat without spilling food on his clothes! lol

  18. OMG I’d be thrilled to win this prize! I’d like to try the tide to go pen for sure and the new fragrance free version of tide too. barb g. directorylanesuperstore(AT)gmail.com (just in case)ha!
    Lots of giveaways on my blog too come enter to win!

  19. I get your email newsletter for updates couldn’t pass this giveaway up it’s so tidetastic! I also love Downy! Wow! Come visit my blog for giveaways too as I just got rid of the “blogspot”! barb g. (email above, profile).

  20. I now follow your blog on facebook, barb g. on there. Your twitter links for tide don’t go to twitter. (email above, profile).

  21. Wow great prizes, I do 2 loads of laundry every single day so this would come
    in very handy! I am now a follower of tide on facebook! barb g. on facebook. (email above, profile too).

  22. i prefer the tide cold water..it removes the grass stains my boy seems to bring in just about everyday. im so glad!

  23. #4 of 10 for posting on my blog about giveaway. barb g. (email above,profile).
    I have lots of giveaways come visit anyone. About 30 of them!

  24. I have been wanting to try NEW Tide plus Febreze Freshness™ Sport Liquid Laundry Detergent because sometimes “somebodys” clothes stink after the gym

  25. What an amazing program from tide!

    I checked out their site and I’d love to try the Tide Washing Machine Cleaner. Embarrassingly enough I’ve never washed my washing machine. I don’t even know how. Hmmm.

    Thanks for the giveaway Bridge!

    mommafindings at gmail dot com

  26. I would like to try the Tide Sports Wash for washing sports clothes; and we have a lot of them that need it.

    brownatural at gmail dot com

  27. Another product I would love to try is the Tide High Performance Lint Roller. We use lint rollers a lot in my house because of our fur babies, and having a scent would make it even better!

    Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!

    girlygirlugh at gmail dot com

  28. I would like to try the Tide Stain Release in-wash booster. I think it would really work good on stains!

    Bcarpenter1@(at)cinci(dot)rr(dot)com

  29. I’m interested in the Tide Washing Machine Cleaner. I think I could really use that.

    mommieseatsoggycereal at gmail dot com

  30. I’ve been wanting to try the Tide to Go Instant Stain Remover. With 3 boys it is a constant struggle to keep their clothes clean and stain free!

  31. Hello, I would love to try the Tide Smart Clip Clothespin. I would love to try an alternative to those cheepie wooden rusting pins. Thanks for a great giveaway!

  32. I have to have lint rollers, due to my husbands uniforms and we are loyal customers. He will not use anything but tide…he just hasn’t seen the lint roller from tide yet.
    Tide High Performance Lint Roller

  33. I would love to try the Tide High Performance Lint Roller! I didn’t know that Tide made lint rollers!

    christinaalmond at gmail dot com

  34. I am loyal TIDE detergent user for the past 20+ years. I’ve tried to use different detergents on a few occassions and found i could not because i would break out in hives all over my body. TIDE is the ONLY detergent for me!!
    I would like to try the Tide Washing Machine Cleaner. I have a front loading washer and it stinks even if i leave the door open after i have done a load of laundry. Was thinking of running some vinegar thru it (like you do for a coffee maker or iron) but would be willing to try this product first.
    I tweeted this a.m. to my followers!

    On Twitter: http://twitter.com/gigglesesp/status/25040809148

  35. THE TIDE STAIN RELEASE would be what I need to try.These grand kids love to play in the mud,grass….everything that leaves a stain.

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